The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-08

The Kansas Farmer presents thi
week the most complete crop repor
which it ever published, containin,
statements from new counties. Whea
is all harvested. In few localities
was very good, the yield and quality
being fully up to our best wheat years
In other places it was very poor, som,
fields being plOwed up for other crops
On the whole the wheat crop will no
Exceed q per cent of that harvested
three years ago. Oats Jared better thar
wheat and will thresh out, perhaps
one-half an average crop. The causes
assigned by correspondents for thu
shortage of these two crops are the
drouth last fall and spring and chinch
bugs. Corn, too, is reported good in
every part of the State. The acreage
exceeds that of any former year by al
least Is per cent. If the season is
favorable to the end Kansas will raise
this year $50, 900 bushels of corn.
There is little complaint of dry wealth.
er. Rain has been abundant the last
forty days and well distributed all over
the State. All the grass crops are
growing we'll and stock is in goO,l
plight. Apples and cherries show fair
| ly we'll and there are some peaches. A
great many fruit trees have been set
out in the new counties. Altogether
the State is in good condition.
The following article is from the
Topeka Capital of Wednesday: The
Denver Russell Springs & Southeast
ern railway company was Incorporated
yesterday by the secretary of state.
The headquarters of the CO mpany are
at Mcpherson, and the capital stock is
s., 900, 900. This road will run from
Denver, Col, in sOutheasterly direc-
iron to Russell Springs, Logan county,
nd..thence throughthe counties of Cove
Ness. Rush, Barton, Rice, Mcpherson,
Marion, Chase, Greenwood, WOodson,
Allen and Bourbon. Line No. 2 will
run from Russell Springs township,
Logan county south through Scott
Finney, Haskell and Mead counties. i'm
a sOutherly direction to Fort Worth,
Texas. The directors are ID M Rich
ardson, Denver, Col, James Worden,
Frankfort Kan; f Hits Russell
Springs. H Smith, H l. Whitzel, T G
Sawyer, B A Allison, and G A Waller
Of Mcpherson; James G Frazier, Of
Fort Scott.
1t seems probable now that the plan
to form Park Association for the pur-
chase of Freeman's Grove will not be
carried out. We understand, however,
that McCOok Post has the Grove
leased for q year and during that time
we hope it will be well used. Besides
the Eastern Star picnic, which is bill.
ed for August Is, 1t ought to be used at
least for r0using Grand Army Re- |
union, and for the farmers Picnic, |
elsewhere spoken of; and we do not |
know why some of the religious denom-
nations might not make use of it for a |
camp meeting. 1t Is a beautiful grove |
and as long as 1t is open to the public, |
the public would be wise to make as |
much use of it as possible.
The school meeting on Thursday of
last week was unusually well attended
there being II persons present instead
of the usual dozen. The usual reports
were read and approved. H. l.. Hen
dersOn was reelected treasurer, levy
of cent and quarter was made to
cover all expenses. This is quarter
of a cent lower than last years levy.
It was voted to have an eight months
term of school with the prOvisO that the
Board might Mt their discretion,
continue the High School an adj
ditional month. The Board were auth
Orized also to employ and enter into
with all the teachers. A I'M
animOus vote was cast in favor of the
to adopt county uni
of text books.
Attention. is called to the notice of the
annual meeting of the Board of Trade
at the Opera House next Tuesday even
ing mt $50. This is the only regular
meeting of the entire Board that will
be held during the entire year, and
every business man in town owes it to
himself and to the city to be there.
The business of the Board is transacted
by its officers and board of directors
and by committees appointed by them.
Those officers and directors are to be
elected next Tuesday night and 1t is of
the highest importance that they should
represent the very best business char
acter and capacity of the town. Let
every firm in this city have Mt least one
at the meeting.
General Albert Pike, the author of
The beautiful verses we publish to. day
IN our first page-verses by the way,
hat we have been watching for for q
Ong time. having once seen them when
. boy, and which we found last week in
he Troy Chiefs translating the
books of the Veda. He is
grand commander of the Southern Jur-
sdictiOn of Free Masons.
At the election this fall there are only four
Ulcers to elect 1t is yet some weeks until q
convention will be held, and vet
We have the names of twenty persons who will
SIX for q nomination ut the republican conven-